Omaha daily bee., 1887-03-05
HOW CONGRESS- PASSED AWAY
Sketches Of the Dying Hours of the Forty
Ninth Congress.
SOME IMPORTANT BILLS FAIL
Review OF What Has Bcen Accom-
piished by Both Branches Dur
ing the Scssion-A Record
Breaking Body.
Senate.

preparation DILL reported tilat tle coHtnlt-
tee had been unable to agree. lie moved
that the senate insist on its disagreement and
ask further conference SO ordered. lie
presented conference report on the bill for
relief of settlers and purchasers of public
lands in Kansas and Nebraska Agreed to-
Also the conference report on the posto1ice
appropriation bill, the senate receding
from the section for mail steamer service to
South America. Agreed to.
The deficiency bill again being called up,
an item was inserted to pay the ChOctaw In.
dians So s5s, 600, the amount Of the judgment
of the supreme court Mt the October term,
1856. Finally the bill and amendments were
reported to the senate. On demand OF Mr.
MCPHERSON, the yeas and nays were taken on
one of the Pacific railroad amendmsnts and
and nays were also taken on the amendment
for the French spoliation claims, and was
agreed to, yeas a. nays II.
Mr.. Morgan moved to insert q provision for
fifty cOpysts tor the pension office and made
an affecting appeal on behalf of the many re-
spectacle, educated, but poor women who are
seeking employment in Washington, but
cannot get 1t under the civll service IN, rules; @
Finally, at 5:l5 the bill was passed. A
message to that effect was sent to the house.
Mr.. Allison presented the conference report
on the legislative, executive and judicial
bill, agreement being reached on all points
except as to clerks to senators. Lie moved
the senate lnSlSt 90 OTueTeu.
The house bill authorizing the construc.
tion Of bridge across the Mississippi river
at Winona, Mimi, was taken from the cal
andar and was passed.
tion of railway bridges passed as follows:
To cross the Mississippi river at Fort Madi-
son or KeOkuk, la; across the Missouri river
at Pierre City, OAK, and across the Missouri
were then taken from the calendar
and rassed They are of minor Importance.
The senate then, at 6 o'clock, went into
executive session.
senate having In the meantime taken two
hours recess. Mr.. Plumb presented the con-
ference report on the District of Columbia
DAWES the ses report
on the fertilization BILL saying the confer
ence had not been able to agree. Mr.. Dawes
said that 1t was with infinite regret that the
report. They had conceded very much In
order to reach . conclusion and to save the
essence and vitality Of the measure and
to protect coast Notifications, The plan
which they had submitted to the committee
was adopted by the senate: He would move
It be printed In the Record, and along with
1t would have the plans submitted at the last
would judge between these propositions and
decide where the blame lay for failure of
this congress to do anything towards inau-
gurating some efficient system OF fOrtitica-
the senate managers and the house managers
was ON the question of purchasing steel for
the purpose Of making steel guns OF the
highest type. The question might be summed
should be sub0rdinated to cast-irOn guns, or
cast-iron subordinated to steel guns.
Mr.: Hawley. another Of the conferees,. said
that he desired to emphasize this most ex-
no fortifcation bill for the current year; nor
for the next year. so far as concerned the
army, coast defepses and heavy guns, nothing
money 70 keep up the repairs on existing
ports. all property was left to 60 to rack and
ruin for the coming two years.
capitol at 12 o'clock, actual time: The clocks
OF the two houses have been set back. The
senate adjourned at II :65 senate time, 1904
actual time. The deficiency bill failed for
bill was abandoned In the conference.
the senate investi cations ordered this session
and the house bill for loan OF government
neapolis, passed.
Senators Sherman and Salisbury were ap-
pointed to join like committee appointed
Ssns and Inform IN hi@ 4 that a the two % houses
had completed their business and were ready
During the closing quarter hour of the sen
oiiicer and sent to the president for signature.
The conference report on the deficiency bill
could not be reported In time and ,s died
to the presiding ,officer, and the presiden,
having slgniiied he had nothing further to
communicate the senate was declared ad-
The following bills were approved by the
president before he left the white house for
the capitol to-day: The act for q bridge
across the Mississippi at or near Winona.
Pierre, Oak; for return Of the rwl9gs
swords; to repeal the provisions of the law
relating to the purchase of arms for the use
Of states; making appropriations for the
Of the government: relative to the Minnesota
Industrial exposition; making apprOpria-
tions for the postotiice departments; to regu,,
late the JURISDICTION Of , circuit , courts and
Tho following bills passed both houses, but
as they were not signed by the president they
failed to become laws: The river and harbor
TO prevent employment Of alien labor; the
south S to open Kanss, ss.p or Ra psetsf setsemsns ana
bill providing a method for settlement OF
corporations: the bill to annex q part Ot
idaho to Washington territory, aud o number
of private relief bills.
House.
WASHINGTON, March AT 4 80 q. m. the
house engaged in the consideration of mis-
cellaneous business awaiting the preparation
OF the conference report on the legislative ap
preparation bill AS soon Us the report wa!
submitted 1t was acted upon. The naval ap
preparation bill as agreed to in the conferenc,
passed the house.
At o'clock Mr.. Struble of Iowa called NJ
the veto message of the president on tn,
senate bill for the erection Of public build
ing at Sioux City, la. The house refuse,
to pass the bill over the presidents veto by
vote OF yeas, lO7, nays, II, not the constitu
tiOnal two-thirds.
Mr.. Herbert of Alabama submitted n con
ference report OH the naval appropriation
bill. After some debate, in which Mr.
Boutelle of Maine criticized the action of til,
committee on naval affairs for failure t,
make appropriations for the completion o
the Atlanta, Boston and Chicago, the repor
was agreed to.
Mr.. Nelson of Minnesota moved to sus
pend the rules to pass bill granting tn tn,
Clarks Fork n Cook City railroad company
the right of way through the Crow reserva
tlon In Montana. Agreed to- and the bill
passed.
At 8 o'clock this morning the effects of tn
sixteen hour session were visible in the an
pearance of the hall OF the house and on thu